Zoneomics Logo
search icon

Franklin County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

PERMITTED USES

§ 155.085 TABLE OF PERMITTED USES.

   (A)   The charts and text of the following pages are adopted as the basic land use regulations for the county.
   (B)   The uses shown on the charts are divided into basic categories:
      (1)   Agricultural;
      (2)   Residential;
      (3)   Public and institutional;
      (4)   Retail sales;
      (5)   Business and personal service;
      (6)   Medical service;
      (7)   Wholesale and warehousing; and
      (8)   Industrial service and manufacturing.
Land Use
Code
AG
RR
RA
RB
RC
RS
RD
RL
RH
RM
PO
CL
CG
CH
IC
IG
Land Use
Code
AG
RR
RA
RB
RC
RS
RD
RL
RH
RM
PO
CL
CG
CH
IC
IG
RESIDENTIAL
Boarding, rooming and fraternity houses
06
C
C
P
C
C
C
C
Hotels, motels
07
P
P
Manufactured home
08
P
P
P
Mobile home
08
P
P
P
Single-family dwellings
01
3
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
P
Three- or more family
03, 04, 05
P
P
P
C
C
C
Two-family dwellings
02
3
C
4
P
P
P
C
P
C
P
EXTRACTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL NON-MANUFACTURING
Animal husbandry services
112
P
2
P
Field crop farms
101
P
1
P
Fisheries
131
P
P
Fishery services
138
P
P
Forest nurseries and tree
122
P
Forestry services
125
P
P
Fruit, tree nut and seed gathering and extracting
122
P
P
Gathering of forest products not elsewhere classified
126
P
P
Gathering of gums and barks
124
P
P
General farms
104
P
1
P
Livestock farms
103
P
2
2
2
2
2
Non-commercial farms
108
P
1
P
Timber tracts
121
P
P
Vegetable farms
102
P
1
P
MINING
Chemical and fertilizer mineral
143
C
C
Coal mining
149
C
C
Crude petroleum and natural gas
147
C
C
Crushed and broken stone
142
C
C
Dimension stone mining
141
C
C
Metals
148
C
C
Miscellaneous non-metallic minerals
145
C
Sand and gravel
144
C
C
MEDICINAL CANNABIS
Cultivator
28
C
P
Dispensary
P
P
P
P
Processor
C
P
Producer
C
P
Safety compliance facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
METALS AND MINERALS WHOLESALERS
Coal and other minerals, except petroleum
151
C
P
Petroleum bulk stations and terminals
152
C
P
CONSTRUCTION - GENERAL CONTRACTORS
General building contractors
163
16
16
16
P
P
Heavy construction, except highway and street construction
162
16
16
16
P
P
Highway and street construction
161
16
16
16
P
P
SPECIAL TRADE CONSTRUCTION
Carpentry
175
16
16
16
P
P
Concrete work
177
16
16
16
P
P
Electrical work
173
16
16
16
P
P
Floor laying and other floor work not elsewhere
175
16
16
16
P
P
Junk yards (scrap and waste wholesaling)
180
C
Masonry, stonework, tile setting and plastering and lathing
174
16
16
16
P
P
Miscellaneous special contractors
179
16
16
16
P
P
Oil and water well drilling
178
16
16
16
P
P
Other industrial non-manufacturing not elsewhere classified
190
C
C
Painting, paper hanging and decorating
172
16
16
16
P
P
Plumbing, heating and air conditioning
171
16
16
16
P
P
Roofing and sheet metal work
176
16
16
16
P
P
MANUFACTURING FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Bakery products
205
P
P
Beverage industries
208
P
P
Canning and preserving fruits, vegetables and seafoods
203
10
10
Confectionery and related products
207
P
P
Craft distilleries and small farm wineries
210(A)
25
C
P
P
Dairy products
202
P
P
Distilled spirits
210
P
P
Grain mill products
204
P
P
Meat products
201
10
10
Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products
209
C
P
Sugar
206
P
P
TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS
Cigarettes
211
P
P
Cigars
212
P
P
Dyeing and finishing textiles
226
C
Floor covering mills
227
C
Miscellaneous textile goods
229
C
Textile mill products
220
C
Tobacco and snuff
213
P
P
Tobacco stemming and redrying
214
C
Yarn and thread mills
228
C
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED PRODUCTS MADE FROM FABRICS AND SIMILAR MATERIALS
Fur goods
237
P
P
Hats, caps and millinery
235
P
P
Men's, youth's, boys' suits and clothing
231, 232
P
P
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories
238
P
P
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products
239
P
P
Women's misses' and junior's clothing
233, 234
P
P
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FURNITURE
Millwork, veneer, plywood and prefabricated structural wood products
243
P
Miscellaneous wood products
249
P
Sawmills and planing mills
242
P
Wooden containers
244
P
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Household furniture
251
9
9
P
P
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures
259
9
9
P
P
Office furniture
252
9
9
P
P
Partitions, shelving lockers and office and store fixtures
254
9
9
P
P
Public building and related furniture
253
9
9
P
P
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Building paper and building board mills
266
C
P
Converted paper and paperboard products, except containers and boxes
264
C
P
Paper mills, except building paper mills
262
C
P
Paperboard containers and boxes
265
C
P
Paperboard mills
263
C
P
Pulp mills
261
C
P
PUBLISHING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Bookbinding and related industries
278
P
P
Books
273
P
P
Commercial printing
275
P
P
Greeting card manufacturing
277
P
P
Manifold business forms manufacturing
276
P
P
Miscellaneous publishing
274
P
P
Newspaper publishing and printing
271
P
P
Periodical publishing and printing
272
P
P
Service industries for the printing trade
279
P
P
CHEMICAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Agricultural chemicals
287
C
P
Drugs
283
C
P
Gum and wood chemicals
286
C
P
Industrial inorganic and organic chemicals
281
C
P
Miscellaneous chemical products
289
C
P
Paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels and allied products
285
C
P
Plastics materials and synthetic resins, synthetic rubber and synthetic and other human-made fibers, except glass
282
C
P
Soaps, detergents and cleaning preparations; perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations
284
C
P
PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
Miscellaneous products of petroleum and coal
299
C
Paving and roofing materials
295
P
Petroleum refining
291
C
RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS
Fabricated rubber products
306
P
Miscellaneous plastics products
307
P
Reclaimed rubber
303
C
Rubber footwear
302
P
Tires, tubing and recapping
301
P
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Boot and shoe cut stock
313
C
Footwear, except rubber
314
P
P
Gloves and mittens
315
P
P
Handbags and other personal leather goods
317
P
P
Industrial leather belting and packing
312
C
Leather tanning and finishing
311
C
Luggage
316
P
P
STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Abrasive and miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products
329
C
P
Cement, hydraulic
324
P
Concrete, gypsum and plaster products
327
C
P
Cut stone and stone products
328
C
P
Flat glass
321
C
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown
322
C
Glass products made of purchased glass
323
P
Pottery and related products
326
18
18
P
P
Structural clay products
325
C
PRIMARY METALS INDUSTRIES
Blast furnaces, steelworks and rolling and finishing mills
331
C
Iron and steel foundries
332
C
Miscellaneous primary metals industries
339
C
Non-ferrous foundries
336
C
Primary smelting and refining of non-ferrous metals
333
C
Rolling, drawing and extruding of non-ferrous metals
335
C
Secondary smelting and refining of non-ferrous metals alloys
334
C
FABRICATED METALS PROD, EXCEPT ORDNANCE, MACHINERY, PRODUCTS AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Coating, engraving and allied services
347
14
14
P
P
Cutlery, hand tools and general hardware
342
14
14
P
P
Fabricated structural metal products
344
14
14
P
P
Heating apparatus
343
14
14
P
P
Metal cans
341
14
14
P
P
Metal stampings
346
14
14
P
P
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
349
14
14
P
P
Miscellaneous fabricated wire products
348
14
14
P
P
Screw machine products and bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and washers
345
14
14
P
P
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Construction, mining and materials handling, machinery and equipment
353
P
Engines and turbines
351
P
Farm machinery and equipment
352
P
General industrial machinery and equipment
356
P
Metalworking machinery and equipment
354
P
Miscellaneous machinery, except electrical
359
P
Office, computing and accounting machines
357
P
Service industries machines
358
P
Special industry machinery, except metalworking machinery
355
P
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
Communication equipment
366
8
P
Electric transmission and distribution equipment
361
8
P
Electrical industrial apparatus
362
8
P
Electrical lighting and wiring equipment
364
8
P
Electronic components and accessories
367
8
P
Household appliances
363
8
P
Miscellaneous electrical machinery equipment and supplies
369
8
P
Radio and television receiving sets
365
8
P
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Aircraft and parts
372
P
Miscellaneous transportation equipment
379
P
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment
371
P
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts
375
P
Railroad equipment
374
P
Ship- and boat-building and repairing
373
P
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS
Engineering laboratory and scientific research instruments and associated equipment
381
C
C
P
P
Instruments for measuring controlling and indicating physical characteristics
382
C
C
P
P
Ophthalmic goods
385
19
C
C
P
P
Optical instruments and lenses
383
C
C
P
P
Photographic equipment and supplies
386
C
C
P
P
Surgical medical and dental instruments and supplies
384
C
C
P
P
Watches, clocks and clockwork operated devices; parts
387
C
C
P
P
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons and miscellaneous notions, except precious jewelry
396
C
P
Jewelry, silverware and plated ware
391
C
P
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
398
C
P
Musical instruments and parts
393
C
P
Ordnance and accessories
399
C
Pens, pencils and other office and artists' materials
395
C
P
Toys and amusements, sporting and athletic goods
394
C
P
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND UTILITIES
Intercity and rural highway passenger transportation charter service
414
P
P
P
P
Local and suburban passenger transportation
411
P
P
P
P
Taxicabs
412
P
P
P
P
Terminals and service facilities for motor freight transportation
417
C
C
P
P
Trucking transportation service
418
C
C
P
P
WAREHOUSING, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
Farm product warehousing and storage
461
P
P
P
Food lockers, with or without food preparation facilities
463
P
P
General warehousing and storage
465
P
P
Household goods warehousing and storage
464
P
P
Refrigerated food warehousing, except food lockers
462
P
P
Special warehousing and storage not elsewhere classified
466
P
P
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Customs brokers
491
P
P
P
P
P
Freight forwarders
491
P
P
Travel agents and bureaus
491
P
P
P
P
P
COMMERCIAL WHOLESALE
Drugs, chemicals and allied products
502
P
P
Dry goods and apparel
503
P
P
Electrical goods
506
P
P
Farm products - raw materials
505
P
P
P
Groceries and related products
504
P
P
Hardware and plumbing and heating and air conditioning and refrigeration equipment
507
P
P
Machinery, equipment and supplies
508
P
P
Miscellaneous wholesalers
509
P
P
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
501
P
P
P
P
RETAIL TRADE (BUILDING HARDWARE AND FARM EQUIPMENT)
Electrical supply stores
524
P
P
P
P
Hardware and farm equipment
525
P
P
P
P
P
Heating and plumbing equipment dealers
522
P
P
P
P
Lumber and other building materials dealers
521
P
P
P
P
Paint, glass and wallpaper stores
523
P
P
P
P
RETAIL TRADE (GENERAL MERCHANDISE)
Department stores
531
P
P
Direct selling organizations
535
P
P
Limited price variety stores
533
P
P
Mail order houses
532
P
P
Merchandise vending machine operators
534
P
P
Miscellaneous general merchandise stores
539
P
P
RETAIL TRADE - FOOD
Candy, nut and confectionery stores
544
C
P
P
P
P
Dairy products stores
545
P
P
P
P
Fruit stores and vegetable markets
543
P
P
P
P
Grocery stores and delicatessens
541
P
P
P
P
Meat and fish markets
542
P
P
P
P
Miscellaneous food stores
549
P
P
P
P
Retail bakeries
546
C
P
P
P
P
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS AND GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
Gasoline service stations
554
P
P
P
P
P
Miscellaneous aircraft, marine and automotive dealers
559
P
P
P
P
Mobile home dealers, new and used
555
P
P
P
Motor vehicle dealers, used only
552
P
P
P
P
Motor vehicle dealers, new and used
551
P
P
P
P
Tire, battery and accessory dealers
553
P
P
P
P
RETAIL TRADE - APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES
Children's and infants' wear stores
564
P
P
P
Custom tailors
567
P
P
P
Family clothing stores
565
P
P
P
Furriers and fur shops
568
P
P
P
Men's and boy's clothing and furnishing stores
561
P
P
P
Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores
569
P
P
P
Shoe stores
566
P
P
P
Women's accessory and specialty stores
563
P
P
P
Women's ready-to-wear stores
562
P
P
P
RETAIL TRADE - FURNITURE, HOME FURNISHING AND EQUIPMENT
Furniture, home furnishing and equipment stores
571
P
P
P
Household appliance stores
572
P
P
P
Radio, television and music stores
573
P
P
P
RETAIL TRADE - EATING AND DRINKING PLACES
Eating and drinking places
581
12
P
P
P
RETAIL TRADE - MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL STORES
Antique stores and secondhand stores
593
P
P
P
Banking
608
11
P
P
P
P
Bookstores and stationery stores
594
P
P
P
Combination of real estate insurance, loan and law office
606
C
5
P
P
P
P
Credit agencies other than banks
601
11
P
P
P
P
Drugstores and proprietary stores
591
C
P
P
P
P
Farm and garden supply stores
596
P
6
P
P
P
Finance, insurance and real estate
600
11
P
P
P
P
Fuel and ice dealers
598
P
P
P
P
Holding and other investment company
607
C
5
P
P
P
P
Insurance agents
604
C
5
P
P
P
P
Insurance carriers
603
C
5
P
P
P
P
Jewelry stores
597
P
P
P
Liquor stores
592
P
P
P
Real estate
605
C
5
P
P
P
P
Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges and services
602
Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops
595
P
P
P
PERSONAL SERVICES
Advertising
621
P
P
P
P
Barber shops
614
C
P
P
P
P
C
Beauty shops
613
C
P
P
P
P
C
Catering services
C
P
P
P
Consumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, adjustment and collection agencies
622
P
P
P
P
Crematories
P
P
Duplicating, addressing, blueprinting, photocopying mailing, mailing list and stenographic services
623
P
P
P
P
P
Funeral service
616
P
P
P
Laundries, laundry services and cleaning and dyeing plants
611
7
P
P
P
News syndicates
625
P
P
P
P
Photographic studios, including commercial photography
612
C
P
P
P
Pressing, alteration and garment repair
617
7
7
P
P
P
Private employment agencies
626
P
P
P
P
Shoe repair shops, shoe shine parlors and hat cleaning shops
615
P
P
P
P
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, SERVICE AND GARAGES
Automobile parking
632
C
P
P
P
C
C
Automobile rentals, without drivers and driveways
631
P
P
P
P
Automobile repair shops
633
P
P
P
P
Automobile services, except repair (includes auto wash)
634
20
P
P
P
P
P
Trailer rentals (moving van self-rentals)
635
20
P
P
P
P
MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES
Electrical repair shops
642
P
P
P
Miscellaneous repair shops and related services
649
P
P
P
Reupholstery and furniture repair shops
644
P
P
P
Watch, clock and jewelry repair shops
643
P
P
P
INDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT SERVICES
Billiard and pool parlors and game rooms
653
15
15
Bowling alleys
653
P
P
Dance halls, studios and schools
651
P
P
P
Misc. indoor recreation, not elsewhere classified
659
P
P
Motion picture production and distribution
655
P
P
P
Motion picture service industries
656
P
P
P
Motion picture theaters
657
P
P
Reception/assembly halls
651
C
C
P
Theatrical producers (except motion picture), bands, orchestras
652
P
P
MEDICAL, HEALTH AND LEGAL SERVICES
Health and allied services not elsewhere classified, except hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent homes and rest homes
677
P
P
P
P
P
P
Legal services
675
C
P
P
P
P
Medical and dental laboratories
676
P
P
P
P
P
P
Offices of chiropractors
674
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
Offices of dentists and dental surgeons
672
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
Offices of osteopathic physicians
673
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
Offices of physicians and surgeons
671
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
Offices of veterinarians and animal hospitals, not including animal disposal (i.e., crematory)
678
P
P
P
P
Residential recovery facility
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Tattoo parlors
679
P
P
P
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
683
P
P
P
P
P
Engineering and architectural services
681
P
P
P
P
P
Non-profit educational and scientific research agencies
682
P
P
P
P
P
PUBLIC AND QUASI-PUBLIC SERVICES, PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Private colleges and universities
751
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
Private correspondence and vocational schools
757
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
Private elementary schools
755
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
Private high schools
753
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
Private junior colleges
752
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
Private junior high schools
754
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
Private schools not elsewhere classified
759
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
MUSEUM, ART GALLERIES, ARBORETA, LIBRARIES
Arboreta, botanical and zoological gardens
762
P
P
P
P
P
P
Cemeteries
767
C
C
C
Churches
764
P
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
P
P
P
C
C
Cultural services not elsewhere classified
766
P
P
P
Libraries
763
C
P
P
P
P
P
Museums and art galleries
761
C
P
P
P
P
P
HOSPITALS, SANATORIA, CONVALESCENT HOMES AND REST HOMES
General hospitals
771
5
P
P
P
Mental institutions
772
C
5
P
P
P
Sanatoria, convalescent homes and rest homes
774
C
5
P
P
P
Special hospitals not elsewhere classified
773
5
P
P
P
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Business associations
781
P
P
P
P
P
Charitable organizations
786
P
P
P
P
P
Civic, social and fraternal associations
784
P
P
P
P
P
Labor unions and related organizations
783
P
P
P
P
P
Non-profit membership organizations not elsewhere classified
787
P
P
P
P
P
Political organizations
785
P
P
P
P
P
Professional membership organizations
782
P
P
P
P
P
RECREATION OUTDOOR PUBLIC LAND RECREATION
Camps and campgrounds
805
C
Golf courses
806
C
C
Major parks (5 or more acres)
802
C
C
C
C
C
Minor parks (less than 5 acres)
803
C
C
C
C
C
Outdoor public land recreation not elsewhere classified
809
C
C
C
Playgrounds, playfields and tot lots
801
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Skating rinks
808
C
C
Stadia and fairgrounds
804
C
C
C
C
C
OUTDOOR WATER-BASED PUBLIC RECREATION
Beach areas
812
C
C
C
Boating areas
811
C
C
C
Fishing sites
813
C
Swimming pools, outdoor
814
C
C
C
INDOOR PUBLIC RECREATION
Arenas
822
C
Community centers
824
C
Skating rinks
823
C
C
C
Swimming pools
821
C
C
C
OUTDOOR PRIVATE LAND RECREATION (OPERATED FOR PROFIT)
Camps and campgrounds
833
C
Drive-in theaters
C
C
C
C
Gun clubs
837
C
Race tracks
832
C
C
C
Riding academies
834
C
Skating rinks
835
C
C
C
Stadia
831
C
C
C
OUTDOOR WATER-BASED PRIVATE RECREATION
Beaches
842
C
C
C
Boating areas
841
C
C
C
Fishing sites
843
C
Kayak and canoe water trailhead launch and pickup parking
841a
C
Swimming pools, outdoor
844
C
C
C
INDOOR PRIVATE RECREATION
Arenas
852
C
Skating rinks
853
C
C
C
Swimming pools
851
C
C
C
OPEN LANDS
Conservation lands
861
C
Forest preserves
863
C
Wildlife areas
862
C
PRIVATE NON-PROFIT RECREATION
Camps (Boy Scouts and the like)
873
C
Golf courses, country clubs and the like
874
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Subdivision community centers
872
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Subdivision parks
871
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
MISCELLANEOUS
Bed and breakfast
C
C
C
C
Charitable indigent limited care facility
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
Computer processing center
21
Equine assisted therapy/activities
26
Day care centers
22
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
Indoor shooting and instruction range
23
23
23
23
Mini-warehouse/self-storage facilities
P
P
P
P
Shared family dwelling/mini-nursing homes
C
C
P
C
 
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.01; Ord. 3 (2010), passed 5-21-2010; Ord. 6-2020, passed 10-23-2020; Ord. 9-2021, passed 7-23-2021; Ord. 11-2021, passed 9-2-2021; Ord. 2-2022, passed 2-11-2022; Ord. 5-2023, passed 6-7-2023; Ord. 2-2025, passed 3-19-2025)

§ 155.086 SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

   In addition to the basic zoning districts which are intended to be established in predominantly developed sections of the county, a series or flexible zones may be established:
   (A)   To consider special or unique character of an existing area;
   (B)   To consider certain environmental problems: floodways and floodway fringe and steep slope and conservation; and
   (C)   To consider special flexible design opportunities: planned development districts and mixed use districts.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.02)

§ 155.087 SPECIAL DISTRICTS GOVERNED BY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

   Inasmuch as these districts are less guided by specified permitted uses and more dependent upon performance standards, the use table does not specify permitted uses in special districts. Where special districts are applied, their use and conditions are explained in the text.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.03)

§ 155.088 INTERPRETATION OF USE TABLE.

   (A)   Find the use in the alphabetical list in the use table.
   (B)   Read across the table until a “P”, a number or a “C” appears.
   (C)   Where a “P” appears, that use is permitted as a use in that zoning district, subject only to site plan approval.
   (D)   If a number appears, the use is permitted, subject to certain conditions that are explained at the end of the use table. Each number refers to a condition identified by the same number.
   (E)   If a “C” appears, that use is a conditional use requiring approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustments. Reference should be made in §§ 155.105 through 155.123 of this chapter.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.04)

§ 155.089 NOTED SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

   The following notes correspond with the notes contained in the Permitted Use Table of § 155.085 of this chapter:
      (1)   Garden crop, but no sales structures;
      (2)   Livestock (excluding non-crowing chickens) only on lots over five acres. All other poultry shall be kept on tracts or lots of at least five acres. Up to five non-crowing chickens may be kept on tracts less than acres, but shall be kept in a fence or structure of sufficient height and construction to prevent the animal(s) from leaving the owner’s property. On tracts or lots less than one and one-half acres no fence, corral, chicken coop or similar enclosure shall be located within 15 feet of any side or rear property line or within 50 feet of any front property line. No poultry of any kind shall be kept on tracts or lots less than 0.75 acre in size. The maximum number of non-crowing chickens allowed on lots less than five acres shall be in accordance with the following table:
 
Lot Size
# Allowed
0.75 - 1.5
2
1.51 - 2.5
3
2.51 - 3.5
4
3.51 - 4.99
5
EXCEPTIONS TO THE TABLE:
-Students who are currently enrolled in a supervised agricultural experience (SAE), who reside on properties which would otherwise permit some number of non-crowing chickens (at least 0.75 acres) and provide written documentation from their instructor may keep up to 5 non-crowing chickens for the duration of the class for which the birds are kept. Upon the completion of the class the number of chickens on the property must conform to the table.
-A property owner who has had chickens for at least 6 months, and the family of a student who had completed an SAE of less than 6 months, may make a request to the Board of Zoning Adjustments for a conditional use permit to allow more chickens than the maximum allowed in the table.
 
      (3)   More than one dwelling may be permitted on any farm lot provided it is required for additional family members or tenants who work on the farm;
      (4)   Semi-attached and attached single units permitted on individual lots. Two units on the same lot permitted only with the approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustments;
      (5)   Permitted only where principal access is to a street designated as at least a collector;
      (6)   All operations must be confined to an enclosed building or enclosed and fully covered on all side by an opaque screen, and shall comply with all height and setback requirements, and shall be included in the maximum lot coverage calculations. The sale of automobiles and trucks is exempted from this rule, but all outdoor display areas shall comply with §§ 155.330 through 155.339 of this chapter;
      (7)   Laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations including clothes cleaning establishments of not more than 40-pound capacity and using a closed system process;
      (8)   Manufacturing of products from already prepared materials;
      (9)   Custom shop and upholstery shops in CG and CH Districts;
      (10)   Processing or freezing of food, dressed meat or poultry. Slaughter, rendering or animal processing only as permitted by the Board of Zoning Adjustments and in the IG Zone;
      (11)   Drive-in facilities prohibited;
      (12)   Conditional use permit required for restaurants with live entertainment, bar, wine and/or liquor by the drink sales;
      (13)   Permitted as an accessory use in an existing church facility and any existing American Red Cross or Salvation Army facility; provided that, all criteria listed under § 155.120 of this chapter are met. And that no new constructions is involved to accommodate a use previously vacated within the church or other building to allow space for a charitable indigent limited care and/or mini-nursing home facility. This in no way implies that these are conditional uses. This use is permitted as a conditional use in any building within the CG (General Commercial), IC (Industrial Commercial) and IG (General Industrial) Districts; provided that, all criteria in §§ 155.105 through 155.123 of this chapter are met and property does not abut any property currently used or zoned as residential;
      (14)   A conditional use permit is required, and the following minimum conditions shall be met.
         (a)   All operations must be confined to a fully enclosed building and no storage or display of goods or materials is permitted outside the fully enclosed building.
         (b)   All operations shall be clearly ancillary to a retail building materials use within the same building or within a building on that same lot.
         (c)   The use shall not occupy over 50% of the total floor area of all buildings on the lot.
      (15)   Game rooms/amusement arcades are permitted only within a shopping center. Game rooms/ amusement arcades are prohibited from locating in a building under separate ownership or on a single lot;
      (16)   Permitted for business office portion of use only. No equipment used may be located, either temporarily or permanently, at this location;
      (17)   Areas for loading and unloading must be provided off-street;
      (18)   All operations are confined to those being carried out by one person;
      (19)   Permitted in conjunction with the sale of eyeglasses;
      (20)   Must be located long a street classified at least a major arterial;
      (21)   The building or site must be used for the input and processing data via telecommunications, with little or no data entry by personnel at the property. Off-site storage areas are typically required of a computer processing center. The building size for this center shall be not less than 10,000 square feet. This limitation shall not be waived;
      (22)   Day care centers, nurseries and kindergartens shall be permitted for up to 35 children; provided that, all requirements of § 155.110 of this chapter are met. If the day care center, nursery, or kindergarten proposed abuts property zoned or used for residential purposes, a conditional use permit shall be required. If the proposed day care center, nursery or kindergarten will have more than 35 children, a conditional use permit shall be required;
      (23)   (a)   Must have a final development plan, prepared in accordance with §§ 155.105 through 155.123 of this chapter approved by the Frankfort/Franklin County Planning Commission.
         (b)   All buildings and structures shall be located at least 100 feet form any residential or agricultural zone or land use.
         (c)   All roads and parking areas shall be surfaced with a hard and durable material and properly drained. Parking shall be provided in the following manner: two spaces per target lane, plus three spaces per 1,000 square feet of retail area.
         (d)   An eight-foot wooden privacy fence shall be installed along the property lines where the property abuts a different zone or land use.
         (e)   Where the property abuts property of a different zone or land use, a 100-foot landscape bugger shall be installed along the affected property line, with plantings, specified as follows: a 36-foot wide, six-foot tall earthen berm, plus a double-row, staggered planting of evergreen trees spaced at every 15 feet, on center.
         (f)   Indoor ranges shall have one warning sign at each entrance and at any window, door or other opening in the wall.
         (g)   Except in districts where signs are not allowed, one, non-flashing, internally illuminated sign, not to exceed 30 square feet in area and not to exceed ten feet in height, may be provided at the major entrance.
         (h)   Indoor target ranges shall have sufficient sound proofing so that the maximum sound transmission that may escape the range into areas not controlled by the owner is 40 decibels. Entry doors from outside the building shall be solid core and weather stripped as additional barrier. EPA and OSHA approvals must be granted prior to occupancy of the facility.
         (i)   Indoor target ranges shall be constructed in such a manner so as to prevent the escape of projectiles from the discharge of weapons in the facility to the outside of the building.
         (j)   Sales of firearms, munitions and related items shall be permitted as a part of the indoor target range.
      (24)   Permitted with the following conditions:
         (a)   Storage of vehicles waiting for service shall be placed in an area which is screened with an eight-foot solid fence and with a planting of shrubs at three feet on center.
         (b)   Vehicle repair shall not be permitted within units within a mini-warehouse or self- storage building.
      (25)   Permitted use in the Agricultural Zone; provided that, all criteria listed under § 155.123 of this chapter.
      (26)   Conditional use required for therapy and activities of humans utilizing equine such as but not limited to mental, emotional and/or physical therapy or correctional and occupational therapy.
      (27)   To ensure compliance of short-term rentals, the following requirements shall be fulfilled:
         (a)   The maximum stay for a short-term rental shall be 29 consecutive days for the same occupant.
         (b)   The dwelling unit shall be limited to a single short-term rental contract at a time.
         (c)   The maximum number of persons residing in the short-term rental unit shall not exceed two times the number of bedrooms plus four individuals.
         (d)   No food or alcoholic beverages shall be prepared for or served to the guest by the host.
         (e)   Outdoor signage in conjunction with the short-term rental is prohibited.
         (f)   If the short-term rental is not the primary residence of the host, they shall provide information on how to be contacted by phone, email, and address. This information shall be provided in a conspicuous location within the short-term rental.
         (g)   Each short-term rental shall provide an evacuation plan and provide smoke detectors in compliance with the Kentucky Residential Code.
         (h)   Parking for short term rentals shall be provided in accordance with Article 10 of the Zoning Ordinance.
         (i)   All short-term rental hosts must submit an annual registration form to the Department of Planning and Building Codes to ensure that all requirements of the conditional use permit are being met, including smoke detectors, as well as obtain a Franklin County business license.
         (j)   If the short-term rental ceases operations they shall notify the Planning and Building Codes Department in order to keep an up-to-date record of operating short-term rentals within the county.
         (k)   The use is subject to all applicable taxes including state and local transient room tax and state sales tax.
      (28)   Only Tier I and Tier II medicinal cannabis cultivators may be permitted as a conditional use in the Agricultural (AG) District.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.05; Ord. 3 (2010), passed 5-21-2010; Ord. 6-2020, passed 10-23-2020; Ord. 8-2021, passed 7-23-2021; Ord. 2-2025, passed 3-19-2025)

§ 155.090 COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.

   Approval standards for single-family detached dwellings on individual lots: all single-family detached dwelling on individual lots in all residential zone districts, outside of manufactured home parks or subdivisions, shall conform to these standards. Structures that fail to meet the following standards shall require approval from the Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to the issuance of a building permit.
   (A)   Foundation. The dwelling shall be set on a permanent perimeter foundation that forms a complete enclosure under the exterior walls. If the structure is not designed to be supported by a perimeter foundation, a wall constructed of brick, stone or concrete block shall be installed to give the appearance of a permanent foundation.
   (B)   Roof. The roof pitch shall not be less than a one to four (1:4) ratio, except over porches, garages and carports. The roof material shall be of a type or shall resemble a type commonly found on site-built dwellings.
   (C)   Minimum width. The narrowest portion of the main part of the dwelling unit shall be no less than 20 feet in width.
   (D)   Exterior walls. The exterior covering of the dwelling unit shall be similar in appearance to materials commonly found on site built dwellings. It shall not reflect light to any greater degree than siding coated with white gloss exterior enamel paint.
   (E)   Faces street. The longest dimension of the dwelling shall be parallel to the street, unless site built dwellings are common in the surrounding area or unless the Board of Zoning Adjustments determines such orientation would be compatible in the area.
   (F)   Installations. The dwelling shall be properly connected to utilities and, if manufactured off-site, shall be installed on site in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.06)

§ 155.091 PLANNING COMMISSION INTERPRETATIONS.

   The use table included herein is not intended to be comprehensive or all inclusive. The Planning Commission or its agent shall interpret the appropriate zone for any land use not specifically listed in the table. Standard land use code numbers are provided in the table to assist in the determination of appropriate comparable or compatible land uses.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.07)